The Masters Touch girls basketball team guaranteed themselves postseason play with a 55-47 defeat of Lopez Island.
The Tuesday, Jan. 30 Northwest 1B victory at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club moved the victors into third place.
Masters Touch improved to 5-4 in league play and 7-8 overall. Lopez fell to 1-7, 3-10.
Coach Steve Brown said it was a game that had a lot of press defense and after his squad took a 12-point halftime Lopez returned to make a game of it.
We were sizably ahead 29-17 at halftime and Lopez came out in the third quarter and scored 20 points, Brown said.
Masters led 42-37 heading into the final quarter of play and used a 13-10 advantage to maintain the victory.
Tia Breekveldt led Masters Touch with 19 points and 12 doubles.
Chelsea Graber had a triple-double with 15 points, 12 rebounds and 13 steals.
Sharaya Burrows stole 11 Lopez possessions.
At Arlington Boys and Girls Club

Lopez island 10 7 20 10 47
Masters touch 15 14 13 13 55

Lopez Island Brady 15, Berg 3, Vaughn 11, Dalton 2, Buchanan 4, Wilson 5, Burt 7. Masters Touch Breekveldt 19, Burrows 6, Mattson 2, K. Graber 13, C. Graber 15. 3-point goals Breekveldt 1. Records Lopez Island 1-7 in league play and 3-10 overall. Masters Touch 5-4, 7-8.